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Monday, December 22, 2014

Ack, Christmas is just three days away! Have you found all the perfect gifts for your loved ones yet? Believe it or not, there is still time to DIY the perfect "green" gift for that someone special. I'm bringing back some of my favorite projects so that you can whip up a unique gift for anyone on your list in an afternoon or less:

Friday, December 12, 2014

This is also you're last chance to share this post and win all of the ornaments that I made during this twelve day holiday event. Use the Rafflecopter below to enter and I'll announce the winner on YouTube tomorrow! Good luck to all of those who entered and thank you so much for following along.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

I wasn't sure how this ornament was going to work out! But I say, "Not bad, not bad indeed." As an added bonus, all of the components (except for the glitter) are upcycled! Can you guess what she's made of?

Did you think I was really going to make you guess? Do you see it? Her face is a slice of a wine cork, her wings and dress are pieces of a wire wisk and the ribbon comes from the inside of a ladies shirt...you know those ribbons they sew on to help keep the garments stay on the hanger in the store. Yep, I save all those too! Hop over to YouTube to see how I pulled this Junk Angel together.

No joke, y'all....we only have one ornament left. And then someone is going to win 'em all! Here's the Rafflecopter to enter for today:a Rafflecopter giveaway

And don't forget to check out all of the other hand-made and upcycled ornaments:

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

I've used up some more of that felted sweater from the Christmas balls that I made several days ago for today's ornament. I wanted to make this cute little Felted Sweater Snowman Ornament completely NO-SEW, and I did! Check it out the cuteness:

Don't forget to enter to win this and all of the ornaments in this series withe Rafflecopter below:

Sunday, December 7, 2014

I'm pulling out a whole slew of power tools for today's upcycled Christmas ornament! But don't let that scare you, they make this project one of the quickest ornaments so far (I'll add some product accessory links at the end of this post if you need to reference them). This Pallet Picture Frame Ornament has a bit of sentimental value for me and is an actual gift that I'm making for my brother and sister. (I'm hoping the brother didn't click through when this blog post arrived in his email inbox today - fingers crossed) Here's the ornament, see the story below:

Over the last 26 years, no matter where I lived or what my design tastes where at the time, there was always one photo that I prominently displayed:

That's a picture of my "Ninny" embracing my brother and sister as she was getting ready to leave on her last visit with us. A few short months later she passed away. I took the picture (with my 110 film camera), that's why I'm not in it. But I have always displayed it to remember her and what an amazing woman she was.

I've also been repeatedly asked by my brother and sister (and mostly my mother) why I have that photo and they don't. So this year, I decided to do something about it. Unfortunately, I only had the one picture and have no idea where the negative might be if it even still exists. So I scanned my only photo and hopped over toShutterfly. I had a couple of sheets of wallet-sized photos printed up to use in these DIY picture ornaments. When my order total came to only a few bucks...I kept browsing. And I picked up another Christmas gift for my mother.

Mom was just complaining about how her wedding album was a mess. And boy was it? The album and the photos have yellowed over the years and one edge on each photo was bent and cracked. You see her album was a touch small for the photos so they had all been folded up and are now pretty brittle. I was able to scan the photos and crop out most of the cracks in the photos and then drop them into pre-styled pages. I'm not much of a "scrapbooker"so having really fabulous layouts already made for me made it so easy to do. I'm pretty excited about the way it came out and know she'll be excited to see it under the tree this year...but I digress.

There are just three more upcycled ornaments after today, so before you hop over to YouTube for the tutorial, don't forget to enter to win all of the hand-crafted ornaments that I've made during this twelve day event. Here's the Rafflecopter to enter with for today's Pallet Picture Ornament:

Friday, December 5, 2014

I've been aching to pull out the power tools to make a Christmas ornament and today I did it! My Dremel makes quick work of these DIY Silverware Ornaments so be sure to hop over to YouTube and see the full tutorial. But before you go...

...be sure to enter to win one of these silverware ornaments and all of the hand-crafted ornaments that I'm making during the 12 Days of Upcycled Christmas Ornaments. Here's today's Rafflecopter:

Thursday, December 4, 2014

More than half way through our Twelve Days of Upcycled Christmas Ornaments and the 5K giveaway. Phew! Have you been making any of these ornaments? I hope you'll love today's Cookie Cutter Ornament, it's a pretty easy one to achieve!

I'm excited to be giving away all of the ornaments that I'm making during this 12 day event so be sure to enter with the Rafflecopter below:

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Tissue boxes have some the most fun and even beautiful packaging. I use them in my jewelry creations quite regularly but there's always plenty of these empty boxes laying around. So why not add a little glitter and hang it on the tree?

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Seventeen BILLION toilet paper rolls are thrown away each year! WHAT?! And that doesn't include the tubes from paper towel rolls. I think that makes the roll the perfect medium for a Christmas ornament, don't you? Here are a few examples of some that my niece and I made one afternoon. This IS the perfect craft for families to do together. Check 'em out:

You can see how we made our Toilet Paper Roll Ornaments on YouTube! Don't forget to enter for a chance to win all of the ornaments that we make over this 12 day event. Here's today's Rafflecopter:

Monday, December 1, 2014

I have a really simple and elegant Christmas ornament for you today. I made this one from a felted wool sweater with a coffee stain that I found at a thrift store. I'm pretty sure more than a few of you have accidentally shrunk a wool sweater before...I hope you didn't throw it out because it will be perfect for this fourth project of the Twelve Days of Upcycled Christmas Ornaments.

You can find the video tutorial for this Felted Sweater Ornament here.

While you're here, don't forget to share this tutorial and enter to win all of the ornaments that I'm making during this holiday event. Here's the Raffecopter for today's post: